GOMars! HealthTracks Challenge Contest Official Rules for 2014

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1 GOMars! HealthTracks Challenge Contest Official Rules for 2014 NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. THIS CONTEST IS VOID OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. By participating in the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge (this Contest ), each entrant ( you ) fully and unconditionally accepts and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. This Contest consists of the following phases: Registration/Enrollment: September 22 nd October 13 th GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge: October 7 th November 17th Bonus Weeks: October 21 st November 17th Sponsor and Administrator: This Contest is sponsored by Mars, Incorporated and its affiliates (collectively Mars ) and is administered by the HealthTracks program using technology from Extracon Science LLC ( Extracon ). Objective: To engage and motivate associates to participate in a wellness program focusing on regular physical activity and weight management. Who Is Eligible to Participate: All active Mars and Wrigley Associates who are eligible for a US Mars or Wrigley Medical Plan (as applicable). How to Enroll: 1. The enrollment period for this Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on September 22 nd, 2014 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Central Time (Memphis TN) on October 13th, 2014 ( Enrollment Period ). Only eligible entries received during the specified Enrollment Period will be accepted. It is entirely each entrant s responsibility to observe time zone differences. 2. There are only two ways to enroll (no other method of enrollment will be available or be accepted for this Contest): Website Enrollment: Visit ( Contest Website ) and register with your Individual Personal Identifier and your last name. Your Individual Personal Identifier is a combination of your last 4 digits of your Social Security Number and the Date of Birth (for example, if your Social Security Number is and you were born on May 1st, 1960, your Individual Personal Identifier would be ). Mobile Enrollment: Go to the App Store on your smartphone. Search for Extracon and download the Extracon Science Activity Log ( Contest App ). Install the Contest App and then register via the Contest App using your Individual Personal Identifier (same as above) and your last name. If you cannot find the Contest App in your App Store, open up your phone browser instead and navigate to this URL: 3. After your Individual Personal Identifier and your last name are accepted, you will be prompted to create an account for this Contest by providing your contact information (including address) and choosing your User Name and Password. Please remember and safeguard your User Name and Password, as you will need them to log into your account to report progress, check on standings, etc. during this Contest. Once you set up your account on the Contest Website, you can use the same User Name and Password to log into your account via the Contest App on your smartphone, and vice versa.

2 4. At the time of enrollment you may choose to start a new Team, join an existing Team, or participate as an Individual. During enrollment you can change your Team choice by un-enrolling and re-enrolling. Teams are final at the close of enrollment and you cannot join or leave a Team after that point. The maximum size of a Team is 8 people. 5. At the time of enrollment you will choose one of two challenge options Fitness/Physical Activity or Weight Loss. You may only enroll in one of these challenges, and once you enroll you will not be able to change your selection during the Contest. The teams may not have participants from both challenge options on their roster. 6. If, based on your individual circumstances, you require assistance or modifications to participate or earn points in this Contest, please call the Mars Wellness Integration Manager at (973) We will work with you to ensure you are able to participate in the Contest. GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge How to Earn Points: 1. To successfully complete the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge, you must earn at least 1200 points during the period starting at 12:00 a.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on October 7 th, 2014 and ending at 11:59 p.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on November 17 th, 2014 ( GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period ). 2. You have the option (but are not required) to enter a starting blood pressure measure at the time of enrollment AND to enter such measures again during the final 10 days of the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period. If you enter your measures as described in the preceding sentence, you will earn 25 points for each measure entered, for a total of 50 points. (The reason we encourage you to take these measures at the beginning and then at the end of the program is because we expect many participants to find that the physical activity and nutrition habits taught in this program will improve their blood pressure measures.) If you haven t measured your blood pressure in the last 14 days please obtain a new blood pressure measurement. Many MARS locations have blood pressure machines; please contact your Regional Nurse Case Manager or Regional HealthTracks Adviser for more information. 3. Participants in the Weight Loss Challenge are REQUIRED to enter a starting weight at the time of enrollment AND to enter such measures again during the final 10 days of the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period. 4. For the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge, if you are enrolled in the Fitness/Physical Activity Challenge you can earn points based on physical activity as follows: 1 point per minute of physical activity such as walking briskly, running, bicycling, yard work or cleaning the house. The physical activity may be moderate or vigorous intensity. 25 points per blood pressure measure if you enter it at enrollment, and another 25 points if you enter it during the last 10 days of the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period. So, if you log your blood pressure at enrollment you will earn 25 points. If you log your blood pressure again during the last 10 days of the challenge you will earn another 25 points. 5. For the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge, if you are enrolled in the Weight Loss Challenge you can earn points based on percentage of body weight lost as follows: 500 points per 1% of body weight lost. 25 points per blood pressure measure if you enter it at enrollment, and another 25 points if you enter it during the last 10 days of the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period. So, if you log your blood pressure at enrollment you will earn 25 points. If you log your blood pressure again during the last 10 days of the challenge you will earn another 25 points. 6. The GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge includes the following 4 Bonus Weeks for both the Fitness/Physical Activity Challenge and the Weight Loss Challenge during which you can earn extra points for eating balanced meals and getting recommended amounts of sleep

3 Bonus Week 1 (October 21 st to October 27 th ): Earn 5 points for each balanced meal you eat (for a maximum of 15 points per day). For this challenge, a balanced meal includes a protein and 2 or more fruits or vegetables. Due to their decreased health benefits fried vegetables shall not be counted. Bonus Week 2 (October 28 th to November 3 rd ): Same as Bonus Week 1. Bonus Week 3 (November 4 th to November 10 th ): Earn 2 points for each hour of sleep per night if you get between 6 and 10 hours of sleep, for a maximum of 20 points per day. Bonus Week 4 (November 11 th to November 17 th ): Same as Bonus Week 3. Each Bonus Week begins at 12:00 a.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on the listed starting date and ends at 11:59 p.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on the listed ending date. 7. All progress for the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge must be entered no later than 11:59 p.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on November 17 th, At midnight (the start of November 18 th, 2014), Extracon will calculate final results for the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge based on all data entered at that point, and such results are final and binding in all respects. You cannot back-date data for the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge, any such data which you enter will not count towards the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge results. 8. Fractional points are not awarded, nor are results rounded up or down. You must earn each whole point. The logs and points as calculated by Extracon are the official and final calculation, and we will not review or evaluate alternative calculations or logs that you submit to us. By participating, you agree to be bound by the results of Extracon s calculations. Reporting Progress: 1. Log into your account on the Contest Website or via the Contest App. Go to Report Progress and enter the information. 2. Progress can only be logged for the prior 14 days from any specific date/time. 3. All progress for the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge must be entered no later than 11:59 p.m. US Central Time (Memphis TN) on November 17 th, Drawings, Winners & Prizes: Following the end of the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period, there will be two prize drawings one drawing for participants in the Fitness/Physical Activity Challenge who have earned at least 1200 points during the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period, and the other drawing for participants in the Weight Loss Challenge who have earned at least 1200 points during the GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge Period. The drawings will be conducted by a designee of Mars on or about November 18 th, One (1) individual winner for the Fitness/Physical Activity Challenge and one (1) individual winner from the Weight Loss Challenge will be selected to each receive the following prize: 2,000 Mars Stars reward points redeemable at (retail value US$500). Winners will be responsible for income taxes based on the approximate retail value of the applicable prize they receive. The prize is includable as taxable wages and is subject to federal and state tax withholding. Odds of Winning; Prizes: The odds of winning a prize in this Contest depend on the number of individual participants that qualify to win that prize. All prize details are determined by the Health & Wellness department at Mars Global Services, who is responsible only for delivery of prizes and is not responsible for a prize s utility, quality or otherwise. All prizes are non-transferable and non-substitutable, and are not exchangeable or redeemable for cash or their equivalents

4 Winner Notification; Winner Affidavit & Release: All prize winners in this Contest will be notified by the Mars Wellness Integration Manager via effem.com addresses. Winners names will also be announced via GO MARS! HealthTracks Challenge s, site specific communications, the Stall Street Journal, plasma screens, and dotmars articles. Prior to receiving a prize, a winner will be required to complete and return to Mars a signed affidavit and release (in the form provided by Mars or its designee) as well as the applicable tax form. By participating in this Contest, you acknowledge that failure to complete and return the requisite documentation to Mars will result in forfeiture of the prize. Use of Information: 1. By participating in this Contest, you consent to the use of your entry, account and activity information in this Contest (including, without limitation, your progress and weight information) by Mars, HealthTracks, Extracon, and other designees of Mars for the purposes of administering this Contest. Your weight, exercise minutes, and other Contest-related details will only be used for the purposes of administering this Contest and will not be shared outside of this Contest without your express written consent. 2. By participating in this Contest, you further consent to the use of your name and likeness (including photos and videos), your bio, and (if you are a prize winner) your success story and prize information in this Contest by Mars, HealthTracks, Extracon, and other designees of Mars for editorial, publishing, and promotional uses within Mars in connection with health and well-being programs and activities designed for or directed to Mars Associates, in perpetuity and throughout the world, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation: the Stall Street journal, dotmars articles, flyers, posters, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets, and other Mars print and electronic publications and materials; s and direct/postal mailings; and plasma screens and other digital displays. General Release: By participating in this Contest, you release Mars, HealthTracks, Extracon, and other designees of Mars from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, damages and losses whatsoever, whether known or unknown, arising out of or in connection with this Contest or any prize awarded in this Contest, including, without limitation, personal injury or death, damage to or loss of property, violation of right of publicity, invasion of privacy, defamation, libel, and false light, whether intentional or unintentional, and whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or otherwise (collectively Claims ), and you waive any and all such Claims against Mars, HealthTracks, Extracon, and other designees of Mars. Miscellaneous: 1. Entries using macro, robotic, script or other forms of automatic entry will automatically be disqualified. All entries become the property of Mars and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. Mars is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or inaccurate entries. 2. If the Contest Website or the Contest App (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or otherwise malfunctions, or if infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes, in Mars sole judgment, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the this Contest, Mars reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant implicated in such action, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest or any portion thereof. CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage the Contest Website or the Contest App or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made Mars reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity. 3. This Contest is subject to all applicable laws/regulations. These Official Rules shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. (without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof). Except where prohibited by law, by participating in this Contest you agree that (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, U.S.A., (ii) any and all claims, judgments and - 4 -

5 awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees, and (iii) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (iv) you hereby waive all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. 4. By participating in this Contest, you accept the terms and conditions stated in these Official Rules, agree to be bound by the decisions of Mars, HealthTracks, Extracon, and other designees of Mars, and warrant that you are eligible to participate